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Pesaro, a town with ninety thousand inhabitants, lies along the Adriatic
coast and is situated at the mouth of the Foglia River. It is surrounded by hills. |
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Pesaro is Rossini's birth- place; here the Maestro was born on 29th February 1792. His
house, today, is a museum. |
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The Big Globe by
A.Pomodoro
On the "Piazzale della libertà", with its gardens, is an enormous globe with
its characteristic mechanism, work of the famous sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro.
Now it's one of the symbols of Pesaro and meeting place for the people.. |
The Big Globe (sculpture by A. Pomodoro) |
Villa Imperiale
On the S.Bartolo hill, is the "Villa Imperiale",the monumental country
residence of the Sforza and Della Rovere families.
It took it's name "Imperial" from Emperor Federico d'Asburgo who laid the
foundations. |
The "Villa Imperiale" |
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